New on DVD and Blu-ray: The Host, Spring Breakers, The Jerk

After a week of pretty much nothing on home video due to the holiday, the week of July 9th has some interesting new releases. The biggest title of the week is the film that everyone thought was going to be the next Twilight franchise … and failed to generate much in the way of box office or critical praise: Stephanie Meyer’s The Host. With the failure of another film based on a series of YA novels (Beautiful Creatures), it seems that Twilight was able to capture something that these other films have not. But was The Host unfairly maligned? Now is your chance to find out!

Also this week, Spring Breakers comes to home video (our own Jeremy Fogelman reviewed the film during its theatrical run), Colin Farrell in Dead Man Down, Tyler Perry’s Temptation, Tina Fey and Paul Rudd in Admission, and the well-regarded documentary The Gatekeepers. One title that got very little release in the US (if any) but has a spectacular trailer, The Tower looks like a new spin on the disaster movie classic The Towering Inferno. And making its long-awaited Blu-ray debut this week, Steve Martin’s The Jerk finally gets some high-def love from Universal (can we please have Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid too?). In fact, Universal has a collection of films repackaged and categorized by decade, so if you’ve always wanted a particular film in your collection, now is your change to grab it! Have a look at our shopper’s guide to see all of the releases for July 9th, and click on a link to make a purchase or to get more information about a title.

Tyler Perry’s Temptation DVD Blu-ray Digital Download	The Host DVD Blu-ray + DVD Digital Download	Spring Breakers DVD Blu-ray Digital Download
Dead Man Down DVD Blu-ray / DVD Digital Download	Admission DVD Blu-ray + DVD Digital Download	The Gatekeepers DVD Blu-ray Digital Download
The Tower DVD	Would You Rather DVD Blu-ray Digital Download	The Power of Few DVD Blu-ray Digital Download
Crazy Kind of Love DVD	Visible Scars Blu-ray	Pickin & Grinnin DVD Blu-ray
The Preacher and the Gun DVD	Hands Of The Ripper Blu-ray + DVD Combo	Street Trash – Special Meltdown Edition Blu-ray
The Life of Oharu (Criterion Collection) DVD Blu-ray	Blood & Sand Blu-ray	Cohen & Tate Blu-ray
Gattaca Blu-ray	Jeffrey DVD	Private [Special Edition] Blu-Ray
Vixens Of Kung Fu + Oriental Blue DVD	The Jerk Blu-ray	National Lampoon’s Animal House Blu-ray
American Graffiti DVD	Car Wash DVD	The Blues Brothers Blu-ray
Sixteen Candles Blu-ray	The Breakfast Club Blu-ray	Smokey and the Bandit Blu-ray
The Sting Blu-ray	The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas DVD	Babe DVD
Liar Liar Blu-ray	Happy Gilmore DVD	The Big Lebowski Blu-ray
Knocked Up Blu-ray	Mamma Mia! Blu-ray	Bruce Almighty DVD
Charade: 50th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray	Spartacus Blu-ray	The Birds DVD
Psycho DVD	Cape Fear (1962) DVD	Airport DVD
Scarface (1983) Blu-ray	The Last Starfighter DVD	Casino Blu-ray
Backdraft DVD	8 Mile DVD	The Bourne Identity Blu-ray